I'm Not Dead. Let's Have Dinner.
AN and info key (what is this? what is going on here?) at the end of the chapter. I own nothing of substance.
Not long after... the jump, John had been sending texts to Sherlock's old phone. Nothing too crazy. He knew the mobile would be disconnected and the number reassigned eventually and he didn't want the new owner to get anything too personal. And yet, each time he thought about stopping, it felt like he was giving up. He couldn't stand the thought of giving up.
Come back.
The day passed.
I don't know what I'm doing anymore.
Nothing feels real. It's like I'm walking through a fog; everything is blurry. [Nothing really matters anymore.]
A few more days passed.
As John expected, there was no response.
You're a bastard.
No, I know you're not.
Several days passed.
Why [did you do this to me]?
Another day.
They'll never convince me you were a fraud.
Another.
I don't [think I can] want to go into work.
Another.
I hate you.
I don't really hate you. [I'm just-]
Four days, this time. Nothing.
Spoke with Greg today. I shouted a bit. I really think he really regrets what happened.
Another day passed.
Mycroft is a git.
I never really understood your relationship with your brother.
AN: Hello, there! I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Let me know what you think!
Key: So you know, I originally wrote this with the handy little delstrikethrough/del tool to indicate things that the characters had started to write (in a text), but deleted before sending/saving the text. As doesn't support this, anything in [these] square brackets should be treated as if they were deleted (if anyone has a better idea for how to do this, let me know). When we get to the next chapter, you can assume anything in (these) parenthesis are unsent texts. In general, bold text is sent to Sherlock and italics are sent from Sherlock.